The Award
Cleverly plotted .... Pearl’s specific target is the rarified fortress of literary publishing, but the questions he raises extend well beyond its battlements.
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Engaging ... This is a book that feels, on the surface, like it’s about the fault in our literary stars but is actually ⎯ to borrow another writer’s famous phrasing ⎯ in ourselves.
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Pearl creates a thrilling, introspective, entertaining world where each major character is just as unlikable as the next one. There is a chilling relatability to Pearl’s handful of questionable figures, calling attention to the dangers of ambition in all of us.
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